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Boeing will look at boosting 737 production to 42 or more a month after it reaches a planned increase to 38, Chief Financial Officer James Bell said Wednesday. The company has about seven years worth of backlog at current rates, Bell noted at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation and Defense Conference in New York. “Obviously, […]
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Boeing dubbed the aerial refueling tanker it proposed for the U.S. Air Force “NewGen Tanker.” After choosing the aircraft, the Air Force named it KC-46A. Now it needs a new moniker, the Air Force Times noted Monday. Think “Stratotanker” (the name of the KC-135 that the new planes will replace) and “Extender” (the larger, newer […]
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EADS North America will not protest the U.S. Air Force’s award of its aerial refueling tanker contract to rival Boeing, company executives said Friday. “After meeting with the Air Force and the Department of Defense and evaluating the information they provided to us … EADS North America has decided not to protest the KC-X tanker […]
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EADS North America could announce as soon as Friday that it won’t protest the U.S. Air Force’s award of its $35 billion aerial refueling tanker contract to rival Boeing, Reuters reported Thursday.
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